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WHY GETTING FIRED IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE

If I offered you $100 today, but told you that you could have $10,000 if you pass on the $100, and just wait for two years. That's all you have to do. Simply wait. Many people will take the $100. Because they are impatient, and incapable of thinking beyond this current moment. This test that was notoriously given to toddlers in the Stanford Marshmellow Experiment. Children were given a marshmellow and told they would be given two marshmellows if they waited until the researcher returned without eating the first marshmellow. Only about a third of the children waited for the researcher to return. The majority just ate that one marshmellow and then looked sad when the researcher returned without a second one. " Follow-up studies suggested children who waited were more successful in school (higher SAT scores), possessed better stress management, had lower BMIs, and had better social skills later in life." I know a guy who has been fired from more than half of the jobs he ha...
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"AMERICAN GOTHIC" by STEPHEN WILSON JR | COUNTRY

Do you prefer your "American Gothic" by Stephen Wilson Jr in plugged or unplugged format?

From the artist's YouTube:

"Stephen Wilson Jr. is a singer/songwriter from rural Southern Indiana. Wilson was raised by his father who was a boxer and had him boxing from age 7 through adulthood as a Golden Gloves finalist. Wilson, a mostly self-taught guitarist moved to Nashville to pursue a degree in Microbiology at MTSU. After finishing his degree, Wilson joined indie band AutoVaughn & toured for ~5 years as lead guitarist until his creative focus turned more to songwriting & singing. After the band, Wilson relied back on his education working years as an R&D Scientist until signing a publishing deal with BMG Nashville in Aug 2016. He’s had his songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Trace Adkins, Chase Bryant, Mackenzie Porter, Sixpence None the Richer & Leigh Nash. Wilson almost always plays a late-70's gut-string acoustic and some of his main influences are Willie Nelson, Kurt Cobain, John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, The National, Glen Campbell & Randy Travis."


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